As the National Drug Control Strategy points out, tribal communities have been particularly hard hit by unemployment and combined with problems accessing healthcare, education, and other services, tribal communities can be disproportionately vulnerable to prescription drug abuse.
Butterfield highlights the unique challenges faced by tribal communities regarding prescription drug abuse.
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Let me also just say to my colleagues that I had every intention of being with you today.
I had spent thirty years in a courtroom before coming to Congress, and, you know, in a courtroom, the rules are so much different than the rules for ethics for Members of Congress.
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What was struck down was Section 4, which is the formula that decides which States, which counties, which cities are included in Section 5.
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